Leatherhead
Possibly a Idiot.
While reading Should the next edition of D&D promote more equality?, it was brought up that D&D is a game designed for kids.
This thread, is for discussing what that means exactly.
Lets get down to it. D&D is a game where hanging out in taverns, violently killing people and taking their stuff is an everyday occurrence. And things like soul eating monsters or lobotomizing cannibalistic squid-faced slavers are common enough for people to know about them. To be quite honest, none of that seems particularly "kid friendly."
But then again, others might have a dramatically different idea of what "kid" means.
Could "Kid" mean:
Teenagers?
I think that's a little dismissive.
Preteens? Maybe?
9 year olds?
6 year olds?
I don't think D&D should be designed for them. Mind you, I don't mean that they can't enjoy a properly supervised game. After all, some parents take their kids to go see horror movies all the time. What I mean is that the game shouldn't be restricted in subject to what would be widely considered appropriate for those groups. Well perhaps not widely considered, but like what an organization such as the ESRB or MPAA would consider appropriate, for reference.
So I ask you; At what level is D&D for kids, and how should the game reflect that?
This thread, is for discussing what that means exactly.
Lets get down to it. D&D is a game where hanging out in taverns, violently killing people and taking their stuff is an everyday occurrence. And things like soul eating monsters or lobotomizing cannibalistic squid-faced slavers are common enough for people to know about them. To be quite honest, none of that seems particularly "kid friendly."
But then again, others might have a dramatically different idea of what "kid" means.
Could "Kid" mean:
Teenagers?
I think that's a little dismissive.
Preteens? Maybe?
9 year olds?
6 year olds?
I don't think D&D should be designed for them. Mind you, I don't mean that they can't enjoy a properly supervised game. After all, some parents take their kids to go see horror movies all the time. What I mean is that the game shouldn't be restricted in subject to what would be widely considered appropriate for those groups. Well perhaps not widely considered, but like what an organization such as the ESRB or MPAA would consider appropriate, for reference.
So I ask you; At what level is D&D for kids, and how should the game reflect that?